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Here squats a sandstone city, its streets choked by motley cloth, Crowd River; bank brimming over toes tucked beneath dark waters cloaked by shade of steel shoulders, hunched, crouching. Light ripples on its water, blending hues which glimmer a vibrant crescendo to grins glistening. Wealthy tourists choose cockatoo or kangaroo
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I arrive at the Pavilion at 7:30pm in my best maroon suit. Stressing about my fingers. I’ve parked, engine’s off. Unfurl my fingers, staring, and thinking, they’re not broken anymore, and there won’t be an accident tonight that changes that. So, I go inside. The
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Welcome back to high school, take a seat at your desk before all the good spots are taken. Just make sure you choose correctly. If you sit next to Nick, be prepared for every class to be an hour-long discussion about soccer. If you sit next to Mandy, your
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One of the most satisfying things to experience in film is a character’s ultimate downfall. Their entire world crumbling around them, leaving them like swimmers gasping for air 1000 kilometres deep below the horizon, a character’s flaws and sins paving the way for the most unbeatable obstacles they
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“We want to create a circle, a community that can bring us together, so that you can get feedback from people that understand you, network and find resources.” This is what co-founder Martin Sholl said when asked why the name ‘Wollongong Music Circle’? Only formed in the tail end
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n 1963, Alfred Hitchcock sought to villainise the beasts of the air in his film The Birds, showing the aerial demons can be more predatory than we give credit. In 1975, Steven Spielberg terrified us of the hammerheads, bulls and great white sharks in Jaws, and for a while the
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Imagine a tower not too far away from your home, the endless hours wondering what purpose it served. There was always some building in our childhood that enchanted us like that. For me, it was the iron, alien spire that would later be renamed to “telephone tower”. But what purpose
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The following statements represent my personal reflections on Friedrich Nietzsche and his work, 'Beyond Good and Evil'. The aim is to deepen my understanding of his philosophical contributions, and I welcome any criticisms and comments. The analysis below focuses on lines 12, 13, and 14 from chapter one
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Perhaps one of the most dangerous possessions are grudges. The past can be held in the hands of people you would never guess. Think you’re the nicest person you know? Think again. Even the best people are not immune to being taken down by an enemy for a slight
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Truong wakes up to the sound of his phone ringing, unwilling to touch it. He tries to ignore the sound and turns his body to the wall side. Consistently, it keeps ringing, beat after beat after beat. He awakens angrily and proceeds to pick up the phone. "Who is
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For the Spooky Edition, I’ve decided to shine a light on the members of our uni’s Spooky community. While they might be easy to miss, they're just as passionate about their futures as us. For example; the late Jayden Harris. Jayden joined the Spooky community shortly
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The table is set, the cutlery’s shining, everybody’s gathered around the glazed, fatted turkey, you can just smell the sweet meat as the knife slices like butter. One slice, two slices, each making their way to everyone’s plates. Before we eat, we clasp our hands and declare